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Sports Law Blog Posts From July 2022
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Blog: Sixth Circuit Partially Rejects NFL Players Association’s Preemption Argument, Allowing Some of Agent’s Claims to Proceed
Date: July 14, 2022
Title: Sixth Circuit Partially Rejects NFL Players Association’s Preemption Argument, Allowing Some of Agent’s Claims to Proceed
Summary: In a direct challenge to the regulatory authority that Players Associations have historically maintained over the conduct of the agents that they oversee and certify, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that three of five state law claims asserted by a certified agent against the NFL Players Association are not preempted by federal labor laws....
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Blog: Name, Image, and Likeness – The Past, The Present, and The Future
Date: July 11, 2022
Title: Name, Image, and Likeness – The Past, The Present, and The Future
Summary: Just over a year ago, the NCAA announced that it was necessary to take “short-term action” and introduce an “interim” policy regarding name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights for student-athletes. At that time, it confirmed that it was going to continue working with Congress to develop and adopt federal legislation to support student-athletes’ use of their NIL rights and create a national standard of NIL rules....
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Blog: Department of Education’s New Proposed Regulations Coincide with 50th Anniversary of Title IX
Date: July 07, 2022
Title: Department of Education’s New Proposed Regulations Coincide with 50th Anniversary of Title IX
Summary: The U.S. Department of Education released its long-awaited proposed amendments to the regulations for Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Title IX. The Department has stated that the intent of the proposed amendments is to “restore crucial protections for students who are victims of sexual harassment, assault, and sex-based discrimination” that were weakened by previous regulatory changes....